Basic Tenses and Forms
Conjugation is demonstrated here with the important irregular verb fazer "to do". The Portuguese names of the tenses (tempos) and forms (modos) are given along with their English translations.
| number | person | Indicative form | Conditional(3) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present | Preterite | Imperfect | Pluperfect(1) | Future(2) | |||
| singular | 1st | faço | fiz | fazia | fizera | farei | faria |
| 2nd | fazes | fizeste | fazias | fizeras | farás | farias | |
| 3rd | faz | fez | fazia | fizera | fará | faria | |
| plural | 1st | fazemos | fizemos | fazíamos | fizéramos | faremos | faríamos |
| 2nd | fazeis | fizestes | fazíeis | fizéreis | fareis | faríeis | |
| 3rd | fazem | fizeram | faziam | fizeram | farão | fariam | |
| number | person | Subjunctive form | Personal infinitive(4) |
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| Present | Preterite | Imperfect | Pluperfect | Future(4) | |||
| singular | 1st | faça | tenha feito | fizesse | tivesse feito | fizer | fazer |
| 2nd | faças | tenhas feito | fizesses | tivesses feito | fizeres | fazeres | |
| 3rd | faça | tenha feito | fizesse | tivesse feito | fizer | fazer | |
| plural | 1st | façamos | tenhamos feito | fizéssemos | tivéssemos feito | fizermos | fazermos |
| 2nd | façais | tenhais feito | fizésseis | tivésseis feito | fizerdes | fazerdes | |
| 3rd | façam | tenham feito | fizessem | tivessem feito | fizerem | fazerem | |
| Imperative form(5) | Infinitive | fazer | |||||
| 2nd pers. sing. | faz/ faze | Past participle | feito | ||||
| 3rd pers. sing. | faça | Present participle | fazente, faciente | ||||
| 2nd pers. plur. | fazei | Gerund | fazendo | ||||
Or in English (escrever, "to write"):
| (Eu) | Basic | Progressive | Perfect | Perfect progressive |
| Present | Escrevo | Estou escrevendo | Tenho escrito | Tenho estado escrevendo |
| Past | Escrevi | Estava escrevendo | Tinha escrito | Tinha estado escrevendo |
| Future | Escreverei | Estarei escrevendo | Terei escrito | Terei estado escrevendo |
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